European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes wednesday december 19, 1990 Young Steps Down reviving its Good old Days by John Keki West Point . Apr Jim Young wus Lucky. I in got hit with a bucket of water As his last game As army coach a Drew to its Happy close the water May have helped Young a master at masking his emotions hide a tear or two in the final minute of army a 30-20 Victory Over Navy. It is impossible however to hide what the 55-year-old Young has accomplished in eight years at West Point. Before Young took Over in 1983, army football was a a disaster a As former athletic director Carl Ullrich nol so fondly remembers. The record Speaks for itself. The 10 years before Young took Over were the bleakest in the football programs storied history. T he team once a terror was simply terrible. The 1973 cadets lost All 10 of their games. Army had failed to win a game Only one other time a in 1890. But that was the teams first season and the cadets played Only one game losing 24-0 to. Navy a a a a a a a. From 1973-82, army won Only 33 games lost 72 and tied four and had hut one winning season. Worst of All the Ca dots lost to Navy eight times won once and tied another. Three of those losses were shutouts including a 51-0 rout in 1973 the Mosi lopsided loss in the history of the series. Aside from their 17-14 Victory in 1977, the cadets scored a meager 39 Points in the nine other games against the middies.,. As the 1970s Drew to a close the coaching Job became a revolving door. After just one winning season in five Homer 1978, Lou Saban came and went in 1979, and de Cavanaugh began an unsuccessful three year stint in 1980. Army football was at a very Low 1 eve 1, and not Only on the Field. A when i came Here in 1980 we were just about bankrupt a said Ullrich who left West Point last summer to Bead the Patriot league. / v enter Young who already had Resur. Reeled programs at Arizona and Purdue. Young had Given up coaching in 1982 to become associate athletic director at Pur due but to missed those football saturdays on the sidelines. Then the army Job opened a the came to us with an Cnidus ism and commitment to the Job that no one else would have a said Ullrich who decided to hire Young. A there was almost an Clec Tri City about him and the Way he Felt about West Point a Young expected to step right in and win. He did no to. The team won Only two of 11 games in his first year and lost 42-13 to Navy before 81,000 in Pasadena. The alumni weren t pleased even though the army program pocketed almost $l5 million from the telecast of the game. A after Jim was 2-9, some of the alumni said a god Ullrich you really did it a but 1 believed in Jim with All my heart a Ullrich said. A i thought i knew a Ullrich introduced Young to Earl Quot red Blasky the legendary army coach who had transformed the cadets from a Patsy into a powerhouse in the 1940s. Blaiki a teams were an incredible 57-3-4 from 1944-50 and won National championships in 1944 and 1945. Blot in desperately wanted to Sec the program recover Young obliged calling past for inspiration. He demanded a continuation of the schools tradition from his people dusted off films of the glory years and showed them to his teams and tacked up mottos and slogans in the meeting room some of them made popular by Blaik. A the used that to encourage the kids to raise their sights a Ullrich said. A the kids hated losing. You done to get other than winners at West Point but there was almost a feeling that maybe we gel the Job done in la football.�?�. Fall saturdays at picturesque Michie stadium remained festive occasions for Ninny but not because of football a we had a lot of Loyal folks who stuck with the program through thick and thin a Ullrich said. A there were a lot of folks who came and tailgate and did not Eveh go into the stadium. The football game Wasny to important at All. A but As we began playing exciting football people came in a Little earlier and Jim Young gets a Victory ride from Steve Halout on the coach s last Day on the Job. You did no to see that big crowd out in the parking lot.�?�. The excitement returned in 1984, when Young switched to the ground oriented Wishbone attack employed so successfully by air Force the cadets were 8-3-1, led the nation in Rushing and went to their first Ever bowl game beating Michigan state hi-6 in the inaugural Cherry bowl. Army went 9-3 in 1985, giving the cadets 17 wins in two seasons More than they had won in the five previous years combined. They completed the season 31-29 Victory Over Illinois in the peach bowl. Three seasons later they again were 9-3 and nearly upset heavily favored Alabama in the Sun bowl before bowing 29-28.it.is no coincidence that Young the schools 30th coach is pictured on the cover of the 1990 army Media guide alongside Blaik and Dennis Michie the Man who started army football 100 years ago. He has been that important. The Tail gaters still abound but now most Home games Are sellouts and athletics no longer worry about the Bottom line. So just Why is Young turning Over the Job to his longtime assistant Bob Sutton a a in be coached Long enough a 35 years a said Young 51-39-1 at West Point and 120-71-2 in 17 years As a head coach. A i feel Tery Good. There a no season to get ready for. After All these years it feels. Good.�?�. Scoreboard distance running j v a a 4 a j a a Quot of Quot 5,01.a. College hockey Japan relay Marathon Tokyo a. A top mein s results sunday from the japanese team relay Marathon 5-Man teams ran a two legs of 6 2 Miles two legs of 3.1 Miles and an pack ran.7.6 Miles. A a a 1. Japan 2 hours 0 14 seconds. 2. Mexico 2 00 14 3. Tanzania 2 01 04. 4 a soviet Union 2 02 03 5. Britain 2 02 05. 6 Kenya. 2 02 05. 7. A new zealand 2 02 32. 6. Ethiopia 2 02 35. S. Poland 2 03 14. 10 Canada 2 03 25. 11. Czech Slova Kia 203 34. 12. Umed Stales 2 03 36. A Quot take Superior Ferris St. Michigan Bowling Green. Michigan St. W. Michigan Ohio St. A a Iii. Chicago Miami Ohio Cha w 13 10 it 9 7 6 6 4 2 l 2 a 4 7 7 8 10 13 13 a Overall records Lake Superior is 14-3 3, a Ferris is -12-3-6, Michigan 12-5-3, Bowling Qreen 11-7-2, Michigan St. 864, Western i Chiajan 8-0-3, a. A a Ohhi is 7-10-3, Illnois Chicago 6-13-1.miami 4-13-. A -�3. A a Pis of. Gay. A. Friday s results. A. 29 102 46 Lake Superior is 4, Michigan 3-Michigan. St 3. 26 76. 57 Bowling Green 3 ferns St. 9, Otilio is. 3miaini 4 or 25100 .66. Chicago 1 Michigan tech 4 Western Michigan .4.20 75 75. A saturday s results. In 78 57. 1 Lake Superior St 4,. Michigan 4 Michigan St. 4. 14 48 a 65. Bowling Green 2, Ferris is 5. Ohio St. I Iii Chicago 13 54 .82 Quot 6. Miami6 westernmichigari4,michigan2. �.��. -9 50 a 83. A sunday s result a 7. 43 95 a mosopwdynamo6, Michigan stale 5. A. Recac. Harvard a. Is. Lawrence Cornea. Api. Clarkson a Vermont Yale. A a Pnno Elon Colgate a army a Brown. Dan Mouth w. L. T. Pis of a 0 2 a 2 5 1 a 6 2 5 a 3 3 3 64 6 6 7 0 t 2 0 1 to 1 to 2 1 1 16 74 13 41 12 37 id 11 3 9 6. 6 4 3 1 a 33 35 25 46-. 31 42. A 28 2a 33 at 41 40 a 3t a 23 37 20 44 16 52 of to talk a id of a flit me Champiom up to Glt out of Etc conf a re nce s commitment to the toil it Olaul to in Ahmou us that am rarer conf a in go to a. 1n p util a it y aptly tag Loop of the. 5>ea50m will not 5e until -uwt1l-peuemj2lpt 2x up of. The a a name total. A Ato a v in a / i Quot 4. Overall records Haivard 6-4-0, St. Lawrence 84,1 Cornell 8-1 -2, rpm 8-5-0, Clarkson 9-3-1, Vermont 5-6-1, Yale 5-4-1, Princeton 3-9-0, Colgate 74-2, army 3-7-3, Brown 1-7-2, Dartmouth 0-7-1. A fridays results. Colorado College 4, Princeton 2a. Saturday s results. A Harvard 8, Dartmouth 2 Colo Coll. 4, Princeton 3hockey East Boston College Boston u. A Merrimack ,. New Hampshire Providence Maine. A Lowell a Quot a northeastern w 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 --1 t Pis of a 2 0 12 43 34 1 1 11 39 19 8 32 39 8 29 22 35 a 31 27 22 31 49 37 56. Overall records Boston College 10-4-0, Boston University 10-3-1, Merrimack 7-5-.1, new Hampshire 124-0, Providence 9-3-1, Maine v1-4-1,.lowell4-9- ,northeastem2-12-1, a a. Saturday s result a Boston College 6, Maine 5 a a Cha Minnesota. North Dakota Wisconsin a St. Cloud St. a Michigan tech Colorado College Denver w l t Pis of a. 12 1 12 1 10 6 10 6 5 a 4 2 13 1 111 2 27 72 46 26 67 42 21 a 21 15 14 9. 6 4 74 62 69 50 a 62 66 56 75 47 57 48 75 28 66 Overall records Minnesota 14-1-3, Northern Michigan 13-3-2, North Dakota 10-8-1, wisc on. A sin 12-5-2, St. Cloud slate 7-8-3, 6-10-4, Michigan tech 7-10-2, Colorado College .4-15-1.denver 2-16-2. Sunday s Northern Michigan.5, North Dakota 3
